RE: The definetion of atheism
October 18, 2013 at 2:42 am
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2013 at 2:43 am by Lemonvariable72.)
(October 17, 2013 at 3:06 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:(October 17, 2013 at 2:53 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I don't regard it as a "lack" of anything. Rather, I see it as the failure of theists to demonstrate that their bullshit is true.
That's what I say. If we call it a "lack" of God belief, the theists will see it as "lack of God" and will hound us to "fill that hole in your hearts."
I don't lack God any more than I lack dysentery.
Well its the definetion I use and have seen used time and time agian. Besides if you look at it one way, you do lack dysentery.
(October 18, 2013 at 2:35 am)MindForgedManacle Wrote: Atheism to the theism as amoral is to moral. An atheist is 'one who is not a theist' or 'one who does not believe in the existence of a deity'. Seems a rather obvious and uncontentious definition.
Haven't talked to rationial akd or vinny g, have you?
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
